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World Migration Report- 2013- Migrant well being is linked to development

  Jitendra , in Down toEearth Issue Date: 2013-10-23 Report by International Organization for Migration claims it is first assessment of well-being of migrants More than half of the world’s migrants originate in the poorer countries of the South and a… Continue Reading →

India ranked poorest in south Asia on hunger index

     Down to Earth —Author(s): Jitendra      The Global Hunger Index 2013 states global hunger levels have declined but south Asia still among the worse India has fared poorly as compared to its south Asian counterparts when it comes… Continue Reading →

#India -‘Tribunal order staying development on Karnataka grasslands ignored’ #WTFnews

Author(s): M Suchitra [1] Issue Date: 2013-10-1 Environment ministry asked to filed response on Amrit Mahal Kaval allotments by end of this month or pay penalty The National Green Tribunal (South Zone) in Chennai has directed the Union Ministry of Environment… Continue Reading →

#India- Rajasthan to have world’s largest solar power project #goodnews

Author(s): Ankur Paliwal Date:Sep 30, 2013 Sambhar Ultra-Mega Green Solar Power Project will have more than double the total installed power capacity of India India is going to be a home to the world’s largest solar power project. It has been… Continue Reading →

#India- Infants in West Bengal are “Referred to die” #healthcare

Author(s): Sayantan Bera , down to earth Infant deaths in West Bengal’s only super specialty hospital underscrore an urgent need to improve healthcare facilities in rural areas 63 per cent women in the state suffer from anaemia (Photo: Sayantan Bera) SUPER SPECIALTY… Continue Reading →

#India – Public hearing for Jindal coal project in Raigarh held amid protests #coalgate

Author(s): Alok Gupta [1] Issue Date: 2013-9-27 Will National Green Tribunal accept the second public hearing; it had dismissed the first one held five years ago as a ‘farce’ The public hearing was attended by 4,000 people and held amid heavy… Continue Reading →

#India – Ban on illegal mining ineffective

Author(s): Soma Basu , down to earth Date:Sep 13, 2013 It has only increased cost of illegally sourced construction material Sand mining in the Saryu river in Pithoragarh (photographs by Soma Basu)Despite the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) ban on mining sand without environment… Continue Reading →

#India -Tata has no answers at public hearing for Mudra power plant in Gujarat

Author(s): Soundaram Ramanathan [1] Issue Date: 2013-8-31 Existing 4,000 MW power plant bad enough, and impacting health and livelihood, say residents Tata Power Company Ltd, which runs a 4,000 MW ultra mega power project at Mundra in Kuchchh district of Gujarat,… Continue Reading →

#India- tribal people also need autonomous councils

‘ Author(s): Kumar Sambhav S… [1] Issue Date: 2013-8-30 Autonomous councils in the Northeast are the reason why people there did not lose access to land and forests, says Virginius Xaxa, head of recently constituted high level panel to map status… Continue Reading →

#India – Cheyyur power project: people to move court against MoEF panel approval

Author(s): Srestha Banerjee [1] Issue Date: 2013-8-28 Activists say expert appraisal committee’s clearance to proposed ultra mega power project based on false information furnished in EIA report In May this year, the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of… Continue Reading →

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